Converting int to UI.Text [SOLVED]

I've seen this question asked a lot around here, but for some reason the answers vary depending on.....things.

I'm simply trying to display the remaining player lives (int) on the HUD canvas as a UI.Text. Yet, Unity doesn't agree with me on this. Please see my code below:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.UI;
5.  
6. public class LifeDisplay : MonoBehaviour {
7.  
8.     Text lifeDisplay;
9.     int count;
10.  
11.     void Start ()
12.     {
13.         lifeDisplay = GetComponent<Text>();
14.         count = GameController.GetPlayerLife();
15.     }
16.  
17.     void Update ()
18.     {
19.         lifeDisplay = count.ToString();
20.     }
21. }
22.  

Simple right? Well, Unity keeps calling me mean names for trying this. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the help!

 

The issue's not with ToString(), you need to get text of lifeDisplay.

So your Update function should read:
lifeDisplay.text = count.ToString();

Note.. text maybe capitalised.. I can't remember and not near Unity at the moment.

 

Try this:

Code (CSharp):

1. lifeDisplay.text = count.ToString();

 

Wonderful!

Thank you dudes for the help!

 

This wasn't exactly my problem, as I wasn't using the .ToString thing, but it solved my issue! so thank you!

 

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